CONTENTS 



Page 

 Preface v ii 



INTRODUCTION xi 



PART I. 



Travels About Home 



The Ways of Jays 5 



A Morning with Meadowlarks 15 



Bird-Nesting with Burroughs '20 



A Nighthawk Incident 29 



PART II. 

 The Bird-Life of Two Atlantic Coast Islands 



Gardiner's Island ;!S 



Cobb's Island 63 



PART III. 

 Florida Bird-Life 



Pelican Island 83 



The Florida Great Blue Heron and the Water Turkey 118 



The American Egret 123 



Cuthbert Rookery 135 



PART IV. 

 Bahama Bird-Life 



The Flamingo 155 



The Egg Birds 1Q2 



The Booby and the Man-o'-War Bird '200 



